Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Hermann Wernstein Auction with sixteen chapters

with sixteen chapters

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry  - George V

He is documented as having been in Egypt in the summer of 1942 and was promoted to Flying Officer on October 1

elliptical-shaped with points at either end

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Hermann Wernstein Auction with sixteen chapters(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the suspension loop